Kirksville Airport to undergo $250K entrance road improvement

Council approved project which is 90 percent funded by MoDOT, will move forward this spring

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By Taylor Muller/@TaylorMullerKDE

Kirksville Daily Express - Kirksville, MO

By Taylor Muller/@TaylorMullerKDE

Posted Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:03 PM
Updated Feb 5, 2013 at 11:04 AM

By Taylor Muller/@TaylorMullerKDE

Posted Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:03 PM
Updated Feb 5, 2013 at 11:04 AM

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The Kirksville Regional Airport is set for take-off on several improvement projects aimed at beautifying and enhancing the facility and its grounds with the Kirksville City Council approving nearly a quarter of a million dollars in asphalt work for the entrance road Monday.

The project, comprised of four individual projects, is intended to overhaul the airport, improve its entrance road and lighting and also expand the parking lot area with 90 percent or more funded by state and federal grants.

The portion approved by the Council Monday includes about $249,000 in asphalt overlay and sealing for the entrance road and highway lighting both along the road and at its intersection with Highway 63.

The entrance road portion is 90 percent funded by Missouri Department of Transportation grant, resulting in a local obligation of about $25,000.

Originally the project had included all four portions, but was split into two sections to allow for application for federal grant dollars on the parking lot expansions and the state funds on the road portions, said City Engineer Ed Ieans.

“The end goal will be to not have parking on the grass in the lot. We’ll have a nice paved area [when that portion is done] and a nice entrance road to the airport,” Ieans said.

The entrance road work was bid out to W.L. Miller Co., of Kirksville and will include 1,550 tons of asphalt, crack sealing, 480 feet of electrical conduit and six light poles. Work is anticipated to start this spring and will likely take about two months.

The remainder of the airport improvements will be bid out likely later this spring, Ieans said.

Council also approved the purchase of several components for the waste water treatment plant including turbidimeters and controls from Hach Company, supporting pumps and pump drive from Cole-Parmer, Inc.; and installation of all components by TH&N Inc., for $20,552.

Public Works Director John Buckwalter explained that the turbidimeters measure the water’s cloudiness and are required by drinking water regulations. The current system of meters was slated for replacement in 2012 and had been installed in 1999.

Meeting glance

Council also approved the re-appointment of Heather Darrah to the Adair County Extension Council for a two-year term and Betty McLane-Iles and Derek Miller to the Historic Preservation Commission for three-year terms each.